. The Rotunda . THE ROTUNDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1927. ROBERT E. LEE. Today marks the 118th anniversary of the birth ofGeneral Robert Edward Lee, the consummate flower of Americanmanhood and Anglo-Saxon chivalry. Thorugh twenty generationsof knightly culture, from the battle of Hastings to Appomattox,God was making the man. At the time of his death an editorialin the London Standard said of him: The bitterest enemies of his country hardly dared to whisperla word against the character of her most distinguished general,while neutrals regarded him with an admiration for his deeds anda respect
. The Rotunda . THE ROTUNDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1927. ROBERT E. LEE. Today marks the 118th anniversary of the birth ofGeneral Robert Edward Lee, the consummate flower of Americanmanhood and Anglo-Saxon chivalry. Thorugh twenty generationsof knightly culture, from the battle of Hastings to Appomattox,God was making the man. At the time of his death an editorialin the London Standard said of him: The bitterest enemies of his country hardly dared to whisperla word against the character of her most distinguished general,while neutrals regarded him with an admiration for his deeds anda respect for his lofty and unselfish nature which almost grew intoveneration, and his own countrymen learned to look up to himwith as much confidence and esteem as they ever felt for Wash-ington, and with an affection which the cold demeanor and austeretemper of Washington could never inspire .... Truer greatness,a loftier nature, a spirit more unselfish, a character purer, morechivalrous, the world has rarely, if ever, known. Of stainless lifeand deep religious
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